Chapter 71.1: It would be great if I could meet Ji Lin sooner.

“So what was the situation back then?” Bai DuanDuan repeated the version of events that Lin Hui had told her earlier. “Was it just like that? Or…”

Before Bai DuanDuan could finish, Rong Sheng angrily interrupted her: “Lin Hui is a fraud!”

His anger was so genuine and undisguised that even Bai DuanDuan could clearly feel Rong Sheng’s disdain and disgust towards Lin Hui. Rong Sheng usually joked and teased people, rarely showing such strong emotional tendencies.

He looked at Bai DuanDuan and said, “I can now confirm 100% that Lin Hui is a complete trash and fraud. He talked as if he had done everything a lawyer should do without overstepping any boundaries. But why didn’t he mention how he hinted to some of the executives involved that they could get higher compensation, and then some of the less savvy executives listened to him and did something at Uncle Ji’s company?”

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Jyk PwydPwyd oyp pvwddle.

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“Fs vbyv’p obu vblu nswzed’v ryu vblka lxrzsullp’ pyzyaklp?” Jyk PwydPwyd ypjle.

Rong Sheng was taken aback. “Is that what Lin Hui said? Strictly speaking, it can’t be considered as salary arrears. The salary was supposed to be paid at the beginning of the month, but it wasn’t paid that month and was already almost at the end of the month.”

However, if the salary is not paid after the end of the month in which it was due, the employee has the legal right to demand payment and compensation. Depending on the circumstances, the company can be ordered to pay 50%-100% of the salary as compensation. If Uncle Ji’s salary was still unpaid at the beginning of the second month, then…

From the ruling, it can be seen that Jixin Pharmaceutical did not pay its employees’ salaries for the month and it was delayed until the second month. As a result, the employees filed for arbitration. Several executives also challenged the decision, citing the lack of a written labor contract. The final judgment was for Jixin Pharmaceutical to pay all the employees the overdue salary for one month, to pay the executives double the economic compensation due to the lack of a written labor contract, and to pay an additional 60% compensation to all employees for the salary arrears.

This can almost be said to be the maximum compensation for money that employees can receive when terminating a contract. Not only did they receive overdue salary, but also double economic compensation for the executives, and additional compensation for the arrears. There were 1,000 employees, including 5 executives. As a pharmaceutical company, the overall education level of its employees is higher than that of ordinary manufacturing companies, so the basic salary is also high. Therefore, the labor dispute compensation for these 1,000 employees is a staggering amount of money.

Rong Sheng naturally knew what Bai DuanDuan was thinking, so he explained, “I haven’t finished yet. Although Jixin Pharmaceutical was indeed in financial difficulty due to Uncle Ji’s investment and decision-making failures, and the salary for that month was all delayed, it was originally possible to be paid at the end of the month. In order to pay the salaries, Uncle Ji even put several of his own houses up for sale. In any case, he didn’t want the employees to suffer. Everyone has to make a living, and there can’t be no salary for the month. The employees below were not aware of the situation, but those five executives who were responsible for the matter knew.”

“Why…”

Why were the salaries not paid on time and why was it even revealed that there were no labor contracts signed? Jixin is such a big company, how could it completely ignore the rules and not sign labor contracts? If it were a small probability event, then the personnel department could be held responsible. However, several executives did not have written labor contracts, which is indeed a big problem. So, as Rong Sheng said, did Lin Hui imply that the executives destroyed the written contracts? But why did these executives do this?

“Why?” Rong Sheng laughed coldly. “Isn’t it for their own interests and money?”

“These five executives were involved in shady dealings early on, using their relatives’ ID cards to register companies in the upstream and downstream sectors of the pharmaceutical industry, including actual related-party transactions with Jixin Pharmaceutical. They pocketed all the money and when Jixin Pharmaceutical needed to import foreign medical equipment, they swapped out the foreign scrapped second-hand equipment and packaged it as new equipment, selling it at the price of new equipment. Although uncle Ji had discovered the situation, he was reluctant to take action because these executives were his old subordinates who had started the business with him.”

“So these five executives took advantage of the situation and acted first?”

“Of course. When they found out that uncle Ji had evidence, they panicked and discussed what to do. Coincidentally, Jixin Pharmaceutical’s cash flow was in trouble and employee salaries were about to be delayed from the beginning of the month to the next month. Although uncle Ji had given them a bottom line, they only cared about their own interests and were afraid of the exposure of their related-party transactions and internal bribery. So they found Lin Hui. After that, these executives destroyed all their original labor contracts and claimed that Jixin Enterprise had never signed labor contracts with them, and demanded double severance pay from the company.”

“Later, they turned the tables and pretended to be victims, claiming that they were deceived by uncle Ji and had never signed labor contracts or received their wages. They suddenly became closer to the employees who were unaware of the truth and stood with them, infiltrating the company’s internal affairs. Then they incited the employees to cause trouble, spreading rumors that Jixin Pharmaceutical was on the verge of bankruptcy and would not pay their salaries, causing panic among the staff. Some irrational employees even began to take company equipment to use as collateral for their wages. Some were instructed to cause chaos in the R&D area. These executives took advantage of the chaos to destroy all the second-hand equipment they had previously purchased, making it impossible to identify.”

“You must have seen what happened later on television, with the employees holding banners and protesting.”

“But why were these employees so irrational? Couldn’t they listen to the company’s explanation?”

“They are not irrational. On the contrary, those who led the trouble are particularly rational. These trouble-making employees are directly related to a few executives who, in turn, paid money to bribe many employees. That’s how the situation escalated. These employees, having received the money, incited emotions every day. Eventually, even those who wanted to continue working could not do so in this environment. The research and development center was even deliberately destroyed, leaving Uncle Ji at a loss. At this time, several new drugs were already in critical clinical trial stages. Due to this incident, the progress of the clinical trials was delayed, and the previously agreed investment ultimately fell through. Several foreign investment institutions felt that Ji Xin Pharmaceuticals had a high risk of labor disputes, and thus maintained a cautious attitude, waiting for the storm to pass before making investments.”

“Who would have thought that Ji Xin Pharmaceuticals would not be able to withstand this storm in the end?” Rong Sheng laughed self-mockingly. “It is true that Uncle Ji made a bad decision, and his business was stretched too thin, leading to cash flow problems. But if those executives had not caused trouble, the situation would not have escalated to this point. And do you know what happened later? They were so ruthless and malicious because they had already had ulterior motives. When Ji Xin Pharmaceuticals first encountered problems, there was still a chance to salvage the situation. However, these executives came forward and accused Ji Xin Pharmaceuticals of falsifying clinical trial results for previously approved drugs. In fact, not only did these drugs have no effect, but long-term use could even have negative effects. As executives, they couldn’t stand Ji Xin’s deceitful practices and thus exposed them. They also claimed that they would leave Ji Xin Pharmaceuticals and start their own business outside.”

“Are you saying that…” Bai DuanDuan finally understood everything, “these five executives actually wanted to start their own company and had been taking advantage of Ji Xin Pharmaceuticals all along, using second-hand equipment to cash in, and finally, when they had brought Ji Xin Pharmaceuticals to its knees, they wanted to stand on the ruins of the company to nourish themselves?”